{"id":"CVE-2017-20269","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2017-20269","generatedAt":"2026-10-28T21:30:38.585Z","title":"Component KissGallery 1.0.0 contains an SQL injection vulnerability that allows unauthenticated attackers to inject SQL commands through the component URL path.","description":"Joomla! Component KissGallery 1.0.0 contains an SQL injection vulnerability that allows unauthenticated attackers to inject SQL commands through the component URL path. Attackers can supply malicious SQL code in the kissgallery endpoint to execute arbitrary database queries and extract sensitive information.","published":"2026-06-19T17:16:15.000Z","lastModified":"2026-08-21T13:44:54.000Z","status":"Analyzed","sourceIdentifier":"disclosure@vulncheck.com","cvss":{"version":"4.0","score":8.8,"severity":"HIGH","vector":"CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/M"},"cwe":["CWE-89"],"affected":["terrywcarter/kissgallery"],"epss":{"score":0.00492,"percentile":0.42096,"date":"2026-10-27","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":0,"verified":false,"firstPublished":null,"source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[]},"verdict":{"level":"high","text":"High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (0.49%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"http://terrywcarter.com/","tags":["Product"],"source":"disclosure@vulncheck.com"},{"url":"https://extensions.joomla.org/extensions/extension/photos-a-images/galleries/kissgallery/","tags":["Product"],"source":"disclosure@vulncheck.com"},{"url":"https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/42494","tags":["Exploit","VDB Entry"],"source":"disclosure@vulncheck.com"},{"url":"https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/joomla-component-kissgallery-sql-injection","tags":["Third Party Advisory"],"source":"disclosure@vulncheck.com"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-20269","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}